Dr. Pam Erdman (’05)
By day Pam Erdman (’05) is a small animal veterinarian practicing in Ankeny, Iowa. But she has another interest that takes her far from her Iowa home. First in 2023 and then again this year, Erdman has volunteered for Mission Rabies Project, which not only seeks to improve animal welfare around the world but to protect people and animals living in areas affected by rabies. “I have always had a special interest in the public health aspect of veterinary medicine,” said Erdman. That interest led Erdman to Mission Rabies.“I heard about the project through social media and listening to podcasts of previous volunteers describing their experience,” she said. “Rabies is such an aggressive and violent disease and the idea of this disease impacting dogs and spreading to people, especially children, in Africa was heartbreaking to me.”